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Texas Dames: Sassy and Savvy Women Throughout Lone Star History

By Carmen Goldthwaite

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Year
2012
ISBN
9781614237099, 9781609498122
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2164869 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2022-10-02 06:51:21
HIS036130HistoryNonfictionSociologyWomen's Studies

Description

These are the Texas Dames, women who sallied forth to run sprawling ranches, build towns, helm major banks and shape Lone Star history. These "Dames" broke gender and racial barriers in every facet of life. Some led the way as heroines, while others slid headlong into notoriety, but nearly all exhibited similar strands of courage and determination to wrest a country, a state and a region from the wilds. From Angelina of the Hasinai, interpreter for the Spanish, and sharpshooter Sally Scull to Dr. Claudia Potter, America's first female anesthesiologist, and Birdie Harwood, first female mayor in the United States, historian Carmen Goldthwaite has been profiling Texas women and their accomplishments in her popular "Texas Dames" column. Here are their stories, from early Tejas to the twentieth century.

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